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Ryan Nurse, Barbados' bright cricket talent, was born on 24 April 1983.
'Chicken Breast', as he is affectionately called by his friends, attends
the St. George Secondary School.
Ryan is dangerously quick with his right-arm fast medium bowling and devastating
with his left-handed batting so is proving himself to be a useful all-rounder.
In Zealand the Under 19's performed admirably, going right through to the
the semi-finals before being eliminated by the eventual champions Australia.
Nurse took 13 wickets earning him the title of the Young West Indies' leading
bowler in the Championship.
Before leaving the Caribbean the team were encouraged by the then WICB president,
Wes Hall, to "uphold the finest traditions of the regional game during the
Youth World Cup in Zealand. This is a grand opportunity for you to showcase
to the world what we in the West Indies already know -- at the junior level
we are as good as anyone else in the world."

Nurse's cricket career started in earnest when he was chosen for the Development
XI in the 1999 Regional Under-19 . After representing Barbados in the U-19's
in 2000 and 2001, he was also chosen to represent his county in the 2001
Red Stripe Bowl. Nurse further improved his regional profile with the batting
award in the 2002 West Indies Under-19 championship in Jamaica during the
summer where he scored 334 runs to lead Barbados to the championship title.
This year has been a good one for Nurse as he stormed into a double century
during the Combined Schools team against the BCL in the 2003 Barbados Cricket
Association (BCA) Division One season. He hit 213 with 19 fours and 18 sixes
to propel his team to 350 for eight declared, while the BCL reached 83 for
six in reply at stumps at the Lester Vaughan School.